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Draft 9/29/14 <br />2.Enhance the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area’s quality of life and economic <br />opportunity by providing a transportation system that is: <br />Balanced, <br />Accessible, <br />Efficient, <br />Safe, <br />Interconnected, <br />Environmentally responsible, <br />Supportive of responsible and sustainable development, <br />Responsive to community needs and neighborhood impacts, and <br />Economically viable and financially stable. <br />Findings and Policies <br />The findings and policies in this element are organized by the following four topics related to <br />transportation: <br />Land Use <br />Transportation Demand Management <br />Transportation System Improvements <br />System-Wide <br />Roadways <br />Transit <br />Bicycle <br />Pedestrian <br />Goods Movement <br />Other Modes <br />Finance <br />Land Use <br />Findings <br />1.The Oregon Transportation Plan (OTP) (1992)statesthat Oregon’s land use <br />development patterns have tended to separate residential areas from employment and <br />commercial centers, requiring people to drive almost everywhere they go; that the results <br />have been increased congestion, air pollution, and sprawl in the metropolitan areas and <br />diminished livability; that these auto-dependent land use patterns limit mobility and <br />transportation choices; and that reliance on the automobile has led to increased <br />congestion, travel distances, and travel times. <br />2. Studies annotated in the Land Use Measures Task Force Report Bibliography have found <br />that land use development patterns have an impact on transportation choices; that <br />separation of land uses and low-density residential and commercial development over <br />III-F-2 <br />